Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

Infobox Film
name = Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses


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caption = "Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses" DVD cover
director = Aki Kaurismäki
producer = Aki Kaurismäki
Reinhard Brundig
Paula Oinonen
Fabienne Vonier
writer = Sakke Järvenpää
Aki Kaurismäki
Mato Valtonen
narrator =
starring = Matti Pellonpää
Kari Väänänen
André Wilms
Nicky Tesco
The Leningrad Cowboys
music = Mauri Sumén
cinematography = Timo Salminen
editing = Aki Kaurismäki
distributor = Pandora Filmproduktion
released = flagicon|Germany February 16, 1994 (Berlin International Film Festival)
flagicon|Finland February 25, 1994
flagicon|Canada September 9, 1994 (Toronto International Film Festival)
runtime = 94 min
country = FIN/GER/FRA
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by = "Leningrad Cowboys Go America"
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:133645
imdb_id = 0107384

"Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses" is a 1994 film directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It is a sequel to the popular 1989 film "Leningrad Cowboys Go America" that introduced the fictional Russian rock band Leningrad Cowboys which, subsequently, became a notable real life rock band in Finland.

Plot

Picking up where "Leningrad Cowboys Go America" left off, the band has settled in Mexico after charting a top ten hit there. However, many band members become alcoholics spending most of their day drinking tequila. Before long, more than half of the band members have died from excessive drinking. The surviving members have, in the mean time, become naturalized Mexicans.

Down on their luck, the band is contacted by their manager Vladimir (Matti Pellonpää) who, after going through an experience of being born again, now calls himself Moses. Moses has secured a gig for the band at Coney Island which must now cross the Mexico–United States border illegally as a CIA agent (André Wilms) in on their tail. Afterwards, Moses helps the remaining members return to "the Promised Land" (Siberia) so that they can rebuild the band.

Cast and characters

* Leningrad Cowboys - themselves
* Matti Pellonpää - Moses / Vladimir
* Kari Väänänen - The Mute
* André Wilms - Lazar / Johnson / Elijah
* Nicky Tesco - American Cousin

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